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Nigeria:
Abacha $322 Million Loot - Reps Step Down Bill
Vanguard, 12 July 2018
The House of Representatives, yesterday, stepped down a Bill seeking to convert the Federal Government's share of the $322million recovered loot of former military Head of State,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Abacha Loot - How Cash Transfer Programme Will Work, Says Osinbajo
This Day, 12 July 2018
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, wednesday disclosed that the cash transfer programme involving the recovered $322 million Abacha loot will be stringently monitored to… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Recovered Abacha Loot - Before the Sharing Begins
This Day, 11 July 2018
The federal government should consider investing the funds recovered from the late former Head of State, General Sani Abacha, in infrastructural development, as this will help in… Read more »
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Kenya:
Govt Signs Deal to Return Stolen Wealth From Switzerland
VOA, 11 July 2018
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Swiss counterpart Alain Berset have signed an agreement aimed at helping Kenya recover illegally acquired assets that were stashed in Swiss… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Cash Transfers and the Abacha Loot
Guardian, 10 July 2018
The return of what may be the last tranche of the Abacha loot and the decision of the federal government to distribute that loot directly to 302,000 poor households kicked off a… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Group Explains Distribution of Abacha Loot Among Poor Nigerians
Premium Times, 9 July 2018
The federal government's decision to share the $322.5 million recovered Abacha loot to poor Nigerians was agreed with the Swiss government, the African Network for Environment and… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Again, PDP Alleges Fraud in Handling of $322 Million Abacha Loot
Premium Times, 9 July 2018
The main opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday, latched on the lingering controversy over the $322 million repatriated Abacha loot to criticise… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Abacha's Repatriated Loot - Matters Arising
Vanguard, 9 July 2018
The actual amount stolen from Nigeria's Treasury between 1993-8, by former Military Dictator, Sanni Abacha, may never be known. Nonetheless, Amnesty International, for example, has… Read more »